The development was a triumph for President Trump, whose campaign appeal to reluctant Republicans last year rested in large part on his pledge to appoint another committed conservative to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016. However rocky the first months of his administration may have been, Mr. Trump now has a lasting legacy: Judge Gorsuch, 49, could serve on the court for 30 years or more.

Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on Friday to become the 113th justice of the Supreme Court, capping a political brawl that lasted for more than a year and tested constitutional norms inside the Capitol’s fraying upper chamber.

EDITOR’S NOTE: What a difference a day and 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles can make! Democrats were prepared to “go to the mattresses” over trying to stop Neil Gorsuch from becoming the next US Supreme Court justice. Republicans shockingly used the “nuclear option” to push it through…and…now no one really cares one way or the other as Russia and the United States appear to be on a collision course over Syria. Amazing how God can change your perspective in the blink of an eye, isn’t it?

The development was a triumph for President Trump, whose campaign appeal to reluctant Republicans last year rested in large part on his pledge to appoint another committed conservative to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016. However rocky the first months of his administration may have been, Mr. Trump now has a lasting legacy: Judge Gorsuch, 49, could serve on the court for 30 years or more.